Trout (ishkhan) balls

1 serving

45 minutes

The recipe is taken from the book by A. Piruzyan "Armenian Culinary Arts" (1960).

Energy value per serving

• Calories: 338.5
• Proteins: 49g
• Fats: 11.8g
• Carbohydrates: 9.1g

Ingredients

• Trout: 200 g
• Chicken egg: 1 pc
• Tomato paste: 50 g
• Salt: 3 g
• Black allspice: 0 g
• Nutmeg: 1 g
• Ground black pepper: 0 g
• Garlic: 1 g
• Tarragon: to taste

Cooking steps

1. Clean, gut, and rinse the trout.

2. Cut the fish flesh into pieces and pass it through a meat grinder twice.

3. Add an egg, ground nutmeg, black and allspice pepper, garlic, salt to the minced fish and mix thoroughly.

   Required ingredients:

   • Chicken egg: 1 piece
   • Nutmeg: 1 g
   • Black allspice: 0 g
   • Ground black pepper: 0 g
   • Garlic: 1 g
   • Salt: 3 g

4. Form balls the size of a chicken egg from the prepared minced meat.

   Required ingredients:

   • Trout: 200 g

5. Boil the prepared balls in hot water.

6. Prepare the tomato sauce separately, just like for the dish 'Trout with Tomato Sauce'.

   Required ingredients:

   • Tomato paste: 50 g

7. Serve the balls on a plate, drizzled with tomato sauce and sprinkled with tarragon.

   Required ingredients:

   • Tarragon:  to taste